[Linux] pop3 problem, need help..

[Danny Rathjens]

pop-3   stream  tcp     nowait.180  root    /usr/sbin/tcpd ipop3d

Jack Sasportas wrote:
> 
> For some reason I have had pop3 service stop at random over the past few
> weeks, and we have had to restart the process.  We never had to do this
> before, so after some digging I found this message in
> /var/log/messages...
> 
> Oct 10 13:20:38 server-name inetd[18620]: pop-3/tcp server failing
> (looping), service terminated
> 
> I read in a couple of posts that it may be due to a limit in reference
> to the amount of connections.  Another says to try a different
> tcpserver...
> Also the post that references the limit setting doesn't have an
> explanation of the limit, I am assuming ( bad word ) that it would be
> configured here withing the inetd.conf file, but can't find reference...
> 
> pop-3   stream  tcp     nowait  root    /usr/sbin/tcpd  ipop3d
> 
> any help would be greatly appreciated....
> 
> THANKS!
> 
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